Dandora L.O.V.E
The moment I knew I was making a trip to Dandora automatically this jam began bumping in my head. I had to get into the right mood right?
Dandora is an eastern suburb in Nairobi, Kenya. It is part of the Embakasi division. Surrounding neighbourhoods include Kariobangi, Baba Dogo, Gitare Marigo and Korogocho. Dandora was established in 1977, with partial financing by the World Bank in order to offer a higher standard of housing.
Nairobi's principal dumping site is situated in Dandora. The dump is a sprawling dumpsite, over 30 acres, in the heart of the Nairobi slums of Korogocho, Baba Ndogo, Mathare and Dandora. It opened in 1975 with World Bank funds and was deemed full by 2001. It is interesting the amount of hustling that goes on in this place, just went to show that the resilient nature of humans can be quote something to marvel. Numerous businesses exist in the heart of the dumpsite, all owned by people seeking to make a living. Onetouch got a chance to tour a bit of the dumpsite some time back and here are a few shots. Hope you enjoy them.
While touring we were made to understand that the smoke that billows from beneath the trash is actually fires that never burn out, due to the numerous chemicals and mixture of things and trash that smokes billows even through the rains. The amazing thing about such places and visiting them is that the resilience and hard working nature of some people is quite astounding, despite the unforgiving environment yyou find thriving businesses right in the hub of this massive dumpsite.
To top it off is an image of my favourite meal :) Chapati.
Colour Wheel
Some weeks back I partnered with a friend and awesome make up artist Wakesho Nzano, working on a few themed photoshoots. For this particular shoot, we chose to dwell on colour and see how best to achieve this through bold makeup, hope you enjoy the images.
MUA: Wakesho Nzano || Model: Mutanu Malinda || Lights: Sweeney Onchiri
“Every form is a base for colour, every colour is the attribute of a form!””
““the Best colour in the Whole World is the ONE that looks GOOD on YOU.””
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The Road to Maasai Mara
So I am sure we all know about the Maasai Mara (also known as Masai Mara). a large game reserve in Narok County, Kenya; contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Mara Region, Tanzania.
What better time to head down to the Mara than go during the Great Wildebeest Migration, which is rated as one of the world's most spectacular natural events. No where in the world is there a movement of animals as immense as the wildebeest migration, over two million animals migrate from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to the greener pastures of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya during July through to October.
Driving will take you about 5-6 hours. Nairobi to Narok will take you about 2-2.5 hours, the road is absolutely beautiful and smooth.
Leaving Narok to Sekenani Gate will take you about 2-3.5 hours depending on the vehicle you are travelling with. The road has really broken up and is NOT good at all while on the tar road. It has a lot of pot holes and special attention is needed. At the end of the tar road the road you drive on a dirt road. This has been graded but of course with time and the rains it is also not in good shape and quite rough and lots of dust.
“End? No, the journey doesn't end here..." J.R.R. Tolkien
There are numerous places to stay in the Mara it all depends on your preference and budget, but of course I would recommend you to stay at a camp within the park for obvious reasons of course :) That way you ensure you have an early start to your game drives and retreat back to your camp at your own leisure without pressure to leave the park the time the gates close.
A typical morning in the Mara involves loads of hot air balloons up in the sky and big cats.
A nice spot for lunch
The main mission on this trip I made was to witness the migration which I must say was quite a sight to behold. If anything I learnt on this trip is, patience is a virtue when going to view the migration. After 3 failed attempts, just as we were about to give up we managed to view some wildebeest migrating.
Calm after the chaos
That had to be one of the most painstaking moments, these wildebeests crossing takes a lot of patience seeing as they keep coming close to the river then retreating back from time to time.
One morning we were lucky enough to stumble upon this lioness eating a buffalo she had just killed. Her male partner, had already had his fill and was chilling on the sidelines as hyenas watched closely for them to be down to pounce in.
That is just a little snippet from my trip to the Mara of which I shall be visiting again very soon. Thank you or visiting this blog feel free to like & share and if you haven't subscribed ... please do so!
The Road to Mfangano
Hello people, it has been a while since I was on here. Today, I would like to share with you some images of a place that we went to with OneTouch Live some months back, Mfangano Island. Many people upon saying Mfangano have asked me, "where is that?" Mfangano is an island nestled well in the Lake Victoria that is accessible by ferry from Mbita (which is a town just past Homa-Bay).
Being my first time down there, I never quite knew what to expect on arrival seeing as this was my first time down that route. One thing is a for sure this is a very beautiful island and is said that the best fish comes from these parts.
Of course in usual OneTouch patterns road trips never cease to have drama, and this time around it was some car trouble that saw some of our members stay in Homa Bay to fix the car, because past there no spare parts were available for the vehicle. This was an unfortunate turn of events but as we say in OneTouch we ADAPT!
Mfangano life is quite chilled and relaxed, not much pressure for life and most activity you find is in the morning by the beaches when the fishermen come in with their early catch. Such a sight to be behold is the sunrise was well ...
Mornings by the beach is a flurry of activity from fishermen selling their fish to kids taking a bath and ladies doing the dishes.
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”
Above is the ferry that carries both cars and people about 3/4 times a day at specific times to and from from island to Mbita.
Part of the OneTouch crew namely Sarah, Sebastian, Joe & Makeni
A boat by the beach at dusk shot on an iPhone
Part of the journey there we got to meet one of the islands oldest boat makers ... he has since then retired into the hills of the island but is making his last masterpiece there.
Expert boat maker, shot on Huawei P9
Hope you have enjoyed my images on this tour of Mfangano Island, I do hope one day you can get out there.
Until next time people's!
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